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It should help also those with PPMS, and indeed there's some evidence from a small number Zamboni has treated. Recovery takes longer, they say 18 months on average before first signs are seen. The main difference between PPMS and RR/SPMS is that the azygos vein, draining the spine, is more dysfuncti...

turbotaguy, http://www.thisisms.com/ftopict-8418-cost.html+stanford

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My diagnostic venography appointment is tomorrow at noon. My low jugular vein collapses seemed significant on the MRV, and he wanted to find out what causes this collapse (e.g. a problem with valves), and if the problem is "dynamic". I don't know if this means he might try balloon angiopla...

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Very informative update, flipflopper, the bit that she heard from doctors who are going to have meetings on Monday to talk about what they can do...And CTV journalists are still following the conversations here and on facebook! Avis et al, fantastic work indeed...

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HM, you peeked my curiosity with your question about future pregnancies. I can't think of anything that would cause a problem here actually, except for the radiation exposure from the X-ray (which shouldn't be such a big deal since people have these kinds of angioplasties often) and the small incisi...

I just posted it in the general forum: http://www.thisisms.com/ftopicp-75436.html#75436

Dear All, the first documentary on CCSVI and the liberation treatment was aired tonight on CTV W5. The documentary is now online. You can access it by clicking on the following blue "LINK": LINK Part one and two (accessible on the menu bar on the right - part one will play automatically wh...

Thanks patientx. You're right, SPMSers are more likely to have bilateral jugular vein stenosies, but I had gotten the impression from looking at a table in the paper (I think it was table 4) that this was not statistically very significant. However the difference in CCSVI pattern between RR&SP o...